Retrograde tracker
Which planet is retrograde right now, at what degree, and when it turns direct. Station dates with times. No account.
Turns retrograde: the planet starts to appear to move backwards. Turns direct: it moves forwards again. All times are in UTC.
- Saturn136 days♉︎ Taurus 8°56′♉︎ Taurus 2°03′
- Pluto157 days♍︎ Virgo 27°23′♍︎ Virgo 24°40′
- Mercury20 days♒︎ Aquarius 0°00′♑︎ Capricorn 13°51′
- Uranus150 days♎︎ Libra 8°47′♎︎ Libra 4°39′
- Jupiter123 days♏︎ Scorpio 5°58′♎︎ Libra 26°04′
- Neptune160 days♐︎ Sagittarius 0°53′♏︎ Scorpio 28°07′
- Mercury24 days♉︎ Taurus 22°29′♉︎ Taurus 13°12′
- Mercury23 days♍︎ Virgo 28°00′♍︎ Virgo 13°46′
- Saturn135 days♉︎ Taurus 22°37′♉︎ Taurus 15°41′
- Venus41 days♏︎ Scorpio 25°12′♏︎ Scorpio 9°46′
- Mercury20 days♑︎ Capricorn 14°05′♐︎ Sagittarius 27°48′
Retrograde motion is apparent, not actual: as Earth overtakes a planet in its faster orbit, the planet appears to move backwards against the stars for a while. This page states dates, times and degrees, and nothing else. A station date says nothing about anyone's week, and it is not pretended otherwise here.
Mercury retrograde: 4 Jan – 24 Jan; 28 Apr – 22 May; 30 Aug – 22 Sept; 19 Dec – 8 Jan 1971
Venus retrograde: 20 Oct – 1 Dec
Mars: no retrograde period this year
Jupiter retrograde: 19 Feb – 23 Jun
Saturn retrograde: 21 Aug 1969 – 3 Jan; 4 Sept – 17 Jan 1971
Uranus retrograde: 13 Jan – 12 Jun
Neptune retrograde: 3 Mar – 10 Aug
Pluto retrograde: 30 Dec 1969 – 5 Jun
One row per body. The thin line is the year's course; the thick coloured band marks the days it ran retrograde. Dates are UTC.
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